stewing

Example Sentences

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There’s comfort in sitting and stewing in your discontent.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

It was a sweltering July afternoon last year and Redmond was sitting on the sofa in her Hollywood home stewing over how AI was nearly putting her out of business.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

But Auriemma suggested that he’d been stewing since before the opening tipoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

"I wrote it on Monday because I'd been stewing in anger about ICE," Terrell posted on Instagram, adding he was stunned by the reception it received.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Only a few months before, she’d been peeling and stewing the soft food he ate, changing his diapers, cleaning his bedding and pajamas, and harrying his body with moistened towels and Q-tips.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides